20 September 2021 Efficiency enhancement in thin-film silicon solar cells by plasmonic nanodiscs array
Neda Ahmadi
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Abstract

Plasmonic nanoparticles are promising ways for the efficiency enhancement of thin-film solar cells. We have taken into account the bare silicon wafer and the embedded thin-film silicon solar cells with Au nanodiscs array. We study these geometries of thin-film silicon solar cells and find the effect of Au nanoparticles on light transmission and reflection spectrum, power absorption, generation rate, power electric, and short-circuit current density; and for this, we have used finite difference time domain, FDTD software. We also consider the near-field electric intensity in the vicinity of nanoparticles with different sizes, which are known as a solar cells efficiency enhancement mechanism. Our study can be useful for new perspectives for antireflection coating applications and light management in silicon solar cells.

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Neda Ahmadi "Efficiency enhancement in thin-film silicon solar cells by plasmonic nanodiscs array," Journal of Nanophotonics 15(3), 036010 (20 September 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.15.036010
Received: 1 May 2021; Accepted: 2 September 2021; Published: 20 September 2021
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KEYWORDS
Silicon

Thin film solar cells

Gold

Nanoparticles

Silicon solar cells

Thin films

Solar cells

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